I don't smoke weed. I don't want to smoke weed. I don't care if folks do, so long as they aren't at work. I DO want to see industrial applications explored because it makes economic sense, and the protectionist aspect to protect cotton and logging is anti- competition. It will also mean our courts and jails and prisons will clog up less, it will help eliminate some of the systemic corruption that goes with current seizure laws, and it will put people to work. New industries, new applications, less strain on our legal system and penetiniaries.

It SHOULD be something that good Conservatives embrace, the same as marriage equality, but folks have put a LOT of cash into hands to keep it illegal, and that's the issue. It is a protectionist view that favors not American firms, but select industries, and the hue and cry about the medical effects have long been used as a shield to disguise this.

cyanide64:Wait a minute, is this the same conservative government that added mandatory minimum sentences? Of which many of them are marijuana/pedo related?

Yes, but the legal maximums for marijuana possession, shiat even growing, are quite high (lol) for recreational users. If you're selling and trafficking the stuff however...the whole thing was just a bunch of butthurt Liberal Party hooplah.

Isn't legalization like the easiest conservative argument ever? Legalization would drastically reduce the size and cost if the federal government, and isn't reducing the size and cost of government the whole point of conservatism?

I mean real conservatism of course, not the US kind with the gay hate, Bible thumping, and the pro-rape positions.

Jon iz teh kewl:Rev.K: xanadian: I wonder if there's any step in the poutine-making process where you could use marijuana....

"I'll have the poutine with the special gravy, please..."

Well THC is fat soluble, but I just don't see where you're going to find fat in poutine.

but you have to cook it to "activate" the THC

Yeah, but you only need a temp of around 222F to do that and 325F to get it to bond to fat, and you'd have to keep it below 355F to keep the THC from boiling off, so that actually leaves you with a small range of where you could add canna-oil or concentrate or whatever. Couldn't fry the fries in it, might be able to add it directly to cheese curd during the manufacturing process, but I don't know how hot they have to get the milk. I think your best bet is the gravy. Slow cooker on low, bit of hash, and a good high-fat gravy.

radarlove:Jon iz teh kewl: Rev.K: xanadian: I wonder if there's any step in the poutine-making process where you could use marijuana....

"I'll have the poutine with the special gravy, please..."

Well THC is fat soluble, but I just don't see where you're going to find fat in poutine.

but you have to cook it to "activate" the THC

Yeah, but you only need a temp of around 222F to do that and 325F to get it to bond to fat, and you'd have to keep it below 355F to keep the THC from boiling off, so that actually leaves you with a small range of where you could add canna-oil or concentrate or whatever. Couldn't fry the fries in it, might be able to add it directly to cheese curd during the manufacturing process, but I don't know how hot they have to get the milk. I think your best bet is the gravy. Slow cooker on low, bit of hash, and a good high-fat gravy.

radarlove:Jon iz teh kewl: Rev.K: xanadian: I wonder if there's any step in the poutine-making process where you could use marijuana....

"I'll have the poutine with the special gravy, please..."

Well THC is fat soluble, but I just don't see where you're going to find fat in poutine.

but you have to cook it to "activate" the THC

Yeah, but you only need a temp of around 222F to do that and 325F to get it to bond to fat, and you'd have to keep it below 355F to keep the THC from boiling off, so that actually leaves you with a small range of where you could add canna-oil or concentrate or whatever. Couldn't fry the fries in it, might be able to add it directly to cheese curd during the manufacturing process, but I don't know how hot they have to get the milk. I think your best bet is the gravy. Slow cooker on low, bit of hash, and a good high-fat gravy.

the funny thing is, i've eaten weed directly out of the bag before and gotten stoned

Well the way people think regarding labels now, if you're a conservative you MUST hate pot along with hating gay marriage and abortions and immigrants and all other things in agreement with The Party Line. Conservatism can't just be a concept that people may agree with to varying degrees, or at varying points.

That's what the talking heads on TV claim, anyway. You're either all or nothing. A Patriot or a RINO. Politics needs more people willing to say "I believe in X and not Y" without worrying first about their career. This might be easier with more than 2 parties in the US, I spose.

Oh it's doable, it's just ridiculously inefficient. You could probably get high from packing a nug in your rectum too, if you were sensitive enough to it. And it would actually still be way more efficient than eating it raw.

Harper isn't a stupid man, he's going to want to get out before the fit hits the shan from all his policies, and if he resigns in time for the new leader to enact some kind of "new agenda" legislation it might happen, but no way Steve will ever ever support those damn dirty liberal-hippies having a good time./dream on..

Loadmaster:After they legalize the mj, how many new users will no longer be employable because of company drug policies?

Or will companies be forced to allow employees to smoke weed and still have a job?

Random drug tests are farking retarded and should be done away with. If you think someone is drugged up at work or their work is suffering, then test 'em. Otherwise you're just punishing hard-working people who might like to toke after work instead of having a beer.

Electromax:Well the way people think regarding labels now, if you're a conservative you MUST hate pot along with hating gay marriage and abortions and immigrants and all other things in agreement with The Party Line. Conservatism can't just be a concept that people may agree with to varying degrees, or at varying points.

That's what the talking heads on TV claim, anyway. You're either all or nothing. A Patriot or a RINO. Politics needs more people willing to say "I believe in X and not Y" without worrying first about their career. This might be easier with more than 2 parties in the US, I spose.

This.

US conservatives believe that everything would be perfect if we went back to the norms of the 50s. The 1850s that is. Beyond that, they have no "thought".

Loadmaster:After they legalize the mj, how many new users will no longer be employable because of company drug policies?

Or will companies be forced to allow employees to smoke weed and still have a job?

The law, in Colorado at least, specifically states that employers retain their rights to terminate employees for cannabis usage. This is a right that businesses have that extends far beyond cannabis, and I suspect that it will remain that way in the case of federal legalization.

Which, of course, is all moot anyways, since urinalysis tests are remarkably easy to beat.

HINT: Half the employees who test clean smoked a joint on the way to the pee-lab.

Hiro-ACiD:Harper isn't a stupid man, he's going to want to get out before the fit hits the shan from all his policies, and if he resigns in time for the new leader to enact some kind of "new agenda" legislation it might happen, but no way Steve will ever ever support those damn dirty liberal-hippies having a good time./dream on..

scottydoesntknow:Loadmaster: After they legalize the mj, how many new users will no longer be employable because of company drug policies?

Or will companies be forced to allow employees to smoke weed and still have a job?

Random drug tests are farking retarded and should be done away with. If you think someone is drugged up at work or their work is suffering, then test 'em. Otherwise you're just punishing hard-working people who might like to toke after work instead of having a beer.

I would agree with you, but I don't know if the guys over in IT are watching me post this...

lol Ontario Liberals acting like the Liberal Party made any real effort to Legalize weed...Jean's bill was abandoned from US pressure and Martin's was a PR stunt before his whole cabinet was kicked out.

Farce-Side:scottydoesntknow: Loadmaster: After they legalize the mj, how many new users will no longer be employable because of company drug policies?

Or will companies be forced to allow employees to smoke weed and still have a job?

Random drug tests are farking retarded and should be done away with. If you think someone is drugged up at work or their work is suffering, then test 'em. Otherwise you're just punishing hard-working people who might like to toke after work instead of having a beer.

I would agree with you, but I don't know if the guys over in IT are watching me post this...

It is my understanding that it is the IT guys who are usually packing...

quansem:Farce-Side: scottydoesntknow: Loadmaster: After they legalize the mj, how many new users will no longer be employable because of company drug policies?

Or will companies be forced to allow employees to smoke weed and still have a job?

Random drug tests are farking retarded and should be done away with. If you think someone is drugged up at work or their work is suffering, then test 'em. Otherwise you're just punishing hard-working people who might like to toke after work instead of having a beer.

I would agree with you, but I don't know if the guys over in IT are watching me post this...

It is my understanding that it is the IT guys who are usually packing...

Yeah, well, that's cause it's good for your brain.. not bad. People who think alot.. like to chill alot, and cant afford toxicity like a manufacting guy can. Creativity dont work like that.